Cable & Paperwork off to China

We have now moved on to the next step!!!! Our final paperwork has been sent off to China where our agencies contacts will deliver it.
Here is part of the email we received today from our agency:

I am writing to confirm that I have received and processed your Letter Seeking Confirmation. Congratulations!

Your signed LSC and your child’s DS-230 will be mailed to China today 8-18-2011. Once our staff receives your paperwork, they will forward it to the U.S. Consulate...

I-800 approval !!!!

Our officer called us this morning and informed us that out I-800 has been approved. Now we are waiting for the hard copy and on to the next step. We are still planning to travel in November.
I also received and email from New Day in China stating we can volunteer when we arrive in Beijing. I am really looking forward to this. Here is the link if you would like to have more information on New Day Foster Home
http://www.newdaycreations.com/foster/

First photo post of Kai

Today I shared photos of Kai with our family and friends. Now that we have our LSC our agency informed us that we are free to share the details... So here we go!
His Chinese name is Ka Jie (he is called Yakupu by his foster family). He will turn 6 in Sept. He is currently living in foster care in  Xinjiang China. From his paper work it states he attends kindergarten, is shy, likes to kick a ball and loves sweets!
I mailed our I-800 application last Friday and hope to have approval within the next 3 weeks. Once we have this approval we will have a better time line of when we will travel. It looks like in may be some time in November. In the Xinjiang area of China the average daily temperature in November is -10 degrees. UGH!!!! I am planning on purchasing a down coat for the trip.

On Thursday we received our LSC which is essentially a notice from China stating that we are approved to adopt Kai.